13.
Educate and Engage the Business
 SharePoint is more than just a glorified network share
 Stress that SharePoint is a platform
 Tip: Address their pain points
 Provide high-level technology overview
 Discuss business challenges
 Map it to a SharePoint Solution
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15.
Keep Priorities In Order
 You can’t do it all!
 What business need should you solve first?
 What are common features that can be deployed?
 Project scope must be limited and specific
 What’s important? Time? Budget? Functionality?
 Tip: Involve decision makers in planning and prioritization
 Read “How to Prioritize Business Needs When
Implementing SharePoint” http://go.meetdux.com/sbyv
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19.
Define Project Goal
 A clear, quantifiable statement of project intent
 Why is the project being undertaken?
 What will the project achieve?
 Who is the customer?
 When is the deadline?
 Where will the project be implemented?
 Any constraints?
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20.
Project Goal Example
The current SharePoint 2007 intranet will be
upgraded to SharePoint 2010 throughout the
university in order to increase adoption and
reduce IT support requirements.
The upgrade should be completed a month
before Fall semester begins.
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23.
Define the Work Needed
 A WBS is a deliverable-based grouping of project tasks
and an effective way to define and organize all of the
work required to complete a project
SharePoint 2010 Upgrade
Content Install &
Governance Training
Migration Configure
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27.
IT, Can You Handle This?
 Implementation
 Do you have the relevant skillsets
to plan, engage with the business,
deploy SharePoint?
 Are key processes for release
management, disaster recovery,
auditing in place?
 Support and Maintenance
 What does the support structure look like?
 Resources available for maintaining related technologies?
 Future Releases
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30.
How Do You Track Progress?
“The only man who behaved sensibly was my
tailor; he took my measurement anew every time
he saw me, while all the rest went on with their old
measurements and expected them to fit me. “
— George Bernard Shaw,
Essayist and Nobel laureate
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31.
SharePoint Project Tracking
 Making time to gather intelligence about the progress of
the project is a significant priority for the project manager
 What critical elements of a project do you track?
 Schedule
 Risks
 Changes
 _____________________
 _____________________
 Tracking with percentages doesn’t mean jack squat
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